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Thursday, September 2, 2010

1. IDF and LAF Meet with UNIFIL

2. U.S. to Shun Military Drills in Turkey

3. As Abbas meets with Netanyahu - PLO Ambassador to Teheran says hopes to see complete eradication of Israel

4. Abbas with Netanyahu - PLO Amb. to Iran wants Israel destroyed

5. 12-year-old Girl Moderately Wounded by Rocks Hurled at Vehicle

6. MEMRI: Egyptian Cleric Salem Abu Al-Futuh: We Will Conquer Italy and the Rest of Europe, as Well as North and South America; The West Will Convert to Islam

7. Excerpts: Saudi backs aviation treaties to fight terrorism. Obama warns Hamas. Obama warns Hamas. UN delays Hariri indictment. Hamas attack challenges Palestinian

8. Weekly Commentary: U.S. Security Guarantees - Caveat Emptor

9. MEMRI : Israeli Knesset Member Hanin Zou'bi: I Do Not Represent the State of Israel but the Palestinian Struggle

10. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Palestinian Security Services Arrest Dozens of Hamas Members and Supporters in the West Bank Following Hebron Attack

11. Hamas website: Ramallah, A new heroic operation against Zionist settlers

12. Text: Hamas takes credit for 2nd attack

13. Saudi Arabia backs aviation treaties to fight terrorism

14. Barak to Haaretz: Security requirements not pretext for preventing peace. Israel ready to cede parts of Jerusalem in peace deal

15. Remarks by President Obama in Rose Garden after Bilateral Meetings

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

1. PLO praises Iran's anti-Zionist stands

2. Excerpts: Lebanons Maronite Christians urge domestic arms control. US push for Israel/ Lebanon and Israel/ Syria peace talks. Chinas military emboldened and ambitious for respect. Mubarak speaks out. Response to Hamas murders. Mubarak and son. Lebanons do

3. Poll: Israelis oppose continuing freeze , Mahmoud Abbas not serious about peace

4. Remarks by President Obama and PM Netanyahu after Bilateral Meeting

5. Video: Who is Chani Lerners Mystery Guest - The Ozen Bar T.A. 21.9 20:30

6. Iranian DM Raps Bolton for Baseless Remarks on US military supremacy over Iran

7. PA security official denies mass arrests of Hamas members after murder

8. PLO NON-CONDEMNATION OF TERROR

9. [A. Lerner: the peace business] Gerald Steinberg slams Geneva Initiative PR campaign bankrolled by US Government

10. Text: Hamas takes credit for murder of 4 Israelis

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

1. PA President condemns the operation that took place in Hebron

2. Four Israelis Gunned Down in Drive-By Terror Attack [with names]

3. PA condemns murder of Israelis on grounds of efficacy

4. 2 men, 2 women (1 pregnant) murdered as terrorist open fire near Kiryat Arba settlement

5. 4 imurdered in Gush Etzion shooting attack

6. PCHR Condemns PA for Prevention of Delivering Religious Speeches and Detention of a Number of Persons [associated with Hamas] After Attacking Them in Hebron

7. Israel To Buy F-35s with detachable fuel tank but without Israeli electronic warfare equipment

8. Excerpts: Lebanese Druze overture to Iran. UNIFIL extended in Lebanon, Hariri responds to trouble in Beirut. (In Austria)First Arab-European Youth Leaders Forum. Mubarak to attend Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Obamas religion. Syria medicine exports t

9. PRESS ADVISORY: Japan donates US$6.88 million for food aid to Palestine refugees

10. NGO Monitor letter to Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty Int'l

11. Observation: The Obvious Win-Win resolution of Settlement Construction Issue

12. DM Barak discusses easing security conditions with Abbas in Amman

13. PM Netanyahu Social Media Sites (youtube, twitter, facebook, flickr)

Monday, August 30, 2010

1. Official PA plan for diplomatic war against Israel

2. PA Prime Minister called government program appointment with the freedom - next year will step up efforts to meet the needs of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip

3. LEBANON: Palestinians still dissatisfied despite labour law changes

4. Iran's Primary Target is Israel's Dimona Reactor

5. Iran's Cyber Army Hacks 1,000 US, British, French Gov't Websites

6. U.S. to supply Egypt long-range active/passive variable-depth sonar

7. FM Ayalon addresses forum of international jurists hosted by the MFA

8. Press Release: Dep FM Ayalon meets with Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan

9. MEMRI TV Archives: PA Airs Song Titled Kalashnikov Let Your Bullets Fly High From Cairo Event, Under Auspices of PA President Mahmoud Abbas

10. Examination of the weapons and equipment found on the Mavi Marmara indicates that preparations had been made in advance for an active confrontation with IDF soldiers

11. PMW Bulletin: PA minister threatens war over Jerusalem

12. PCPO poll of Palestinians: Oppose 86.7%:10.5% annexation with Israeli citizenship, 59.3% main concern job/money/health

13. France not supplying anti-tank missiles to Lebanon

14. PMW Bulletin: PA TV: All Israeli cities are occupied Palestinian cities

15. Moscow: No plans to halt arms deals with Syria

16. Excerpts: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef invokes plague. Invited by Obama, Jordan's Abdullah to US. Incipient tragedy in Pakistan. Israeli actors boycott Israelis. Lebanon: clarify thin line Resistance/Uncontrolled Arms August 30, 2010

17. E.Tekir, IHH operative wounded aboard the Mavi Marmara, participated in the 1996 terrorist attack on the Russian ferry Avrasya

Sunday, August 29, 2010

1. [With video] King of Jordan: Israel will have demographic problem even if leave West Bank

2. Abbas: Our Endeavors Concentrate on Ending Occupation

3. Jordan sends new aid convoy to West Bank

4. MEMRI: Former Aramco VP In Saudi Daily On Absurdity of Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations

5. Spokesman: Iran Determined to Downgrade Ties with Britain

6. Jordan King meets Israeli Defense Minister

7. CABINET COMMUNIQUE

8. Excerpts: Iran charges Swedish firm as Western spy agency. Saudi deals with smuggled weapons, ammunition, etc. Iraq on highest alert. France willing to arm Lebanese army, Syria: a new embrace of civil society August 29, 2010

9. Independent Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31.5.10 asks Mossad for material

10. Production line of 42 km range 130mm shells launched by Iran defense minister

11. Analyst: Iran Resolved to Produce Domestic Needs to N. Fuel

12. Clip and save: Position of ministers on continuing freeze 21 Against 4 For

13. Updated Travel Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays

Saturday, August 28, 2010

1. Excerpts: Egypt raids Sinai depots of arms bound for Gaza. Islamic State of Iraq; Al-qaeda militants. Disaster continues in Pakistan 28 August 2010

2. [formatting corrected] AWRAD poll of Palestinians 13.7% oppose violence, 75% reject demilitarized state

3. Jordan King Abdullah: Even if Israel withdraws, local Arabs will be problem

4. Rafah: 843 Palestinians Cross its Terminal

5. Jerusalem Foundation in Syria Raises Money to Establish USD 6 Million Projects in Jerusalem

6. Safar: Syria Has Achieved Self-Sufficiency in Wheat Production

7. World Bank approves $7 million Gaza project

8. 27,013 travel through Allenby over the week

9. Israel delays delivery of 50 armored vehicles to PA

10. International funding replacing 17 dumps with central landfill site near Bethlehem

11. Hamas considering response after MP barred by PA security from mosque near Hebron

12. Lebanon Responsible for Anti-tank Missile Delay - French Official

13. Jordanian field hospital in Gaza treats 310,000 Palestinians

14. Iran Withdraws Assets from EU Banks

15. Iran Withdraws Assets from EU Banks News number: 8906061276 16:20 |

16. MP: Iran Able to Export Military Tools to Other States

17. Senior MP Warns against Inspection of Iranian Cargo Ships, Planes

18. Our World: Accepting the unacceptable

Friday, August 27, 2010

1. Yossi Beilin: Israelis behind Oslo never thought about future, final agreement

2. Poll of Likud members: Extension of freeze endangers Likud and reduces support for it

3. Excerpts: Internet technology aids Egypts outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Pakistan catastrophe growing, Ex- UN Chief world-wide nuclear inspections warning. Neighborhood Jews walking along mosque courtyard sparks Muslim violence. Iraqs Sunni militiamen fear

In Memoriam - Dr. Joseph Lerner

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